February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

This photo of a rare Bobcat sighting was taken by Julie Morgan's motion detection in the backyard of her Summit County, Ohio home near Cuyahoga National Park between Cleveland and Akron. (Photo coutesy Julie Morgan)

February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

Growing numbers of black bears from Pennsylvania and West Virginia are visiting Eastern Ohio each year, mostly young males looking for a mate. Ohio does have an estimated population of about 50 to 100 black bears living year-round in the Buckeye State. Florida has a growing number of black bears roaming the state, including this 740-pound bruiser that had to...

February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

A 228-pound black bear glares at his cage and captors after being released yesterday afternoon in rural Trumbull County. The bear was trapped on an athletic field William S. Guy Middle School in Girard, Ohio after it tried to cross busy Interstate 80 near Youngstown. (D'Arcy Egan/The Plain Dealer)

February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

Archie, a 41-year-old black bear, has been living with Jeff and Debra Gillium of Lodi for nearly 40 years. The couple recently filed a restraining order to keep the Ohio Department of Agriculture from removing him from their home. (PD file photo)

February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

On right, Brian Lynch, Vice President of Planning and Development at the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, and Linda Sternheimer, Development Manager at the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, walk along the new 1.3-mile hiking trail inside the new Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority officially opened the 88-acre urban wildlife habitat today on...

February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

A black bear, about six feet tall, moves higher up a tree as firehose spray attempts to move the bear downward after the animal climbed about 40 feet intot the branches at Rockside Park Apartments on Rockside Road in Bedford Heights, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. Bedford Heights Fire Department first try to spray him out of the tree. When the...

February 13, 2015, 1:39PM

Coyote hunting expert Byron South of Big Sandy, Tex. tries to lure in an Ohio coyote while hunting in Huron County. The sportsman has developed the Coming to the Call line of instructional DVDs for fledgling coyote hunters. (D'Arcy Egan/The Plain Dealer)

February 13, 2015, 1:38PM

A coyote prowls the woods of the Cleveland Metroparks Brecksville Reservation in Brecksville, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Sunday, Sept. 21, 1997. Though rarely seen, coyotes have made a comeback in some of the wooded areas surrounding the city. (AP Photo/Jamie Yanak)

February 13, 2015, 1:38PM

Coyote can be found in almost every nook and cranny of Ohio, and have become a popular game animal for Buckeye State hunters. Colin McConville of North Ridgeville harvested this large coyote from his family's farm in Lorain County that is managed for white-tailed deer. (Chuck Crow / The Plain Dealer)

February 13, 2015, 1:38PM

One of two coyotes runs toward Burke Lakefront Airport on the ice of Lake Erie inside the breakwall as seen from the Coast Guard cutter Neah Bay as the ice cutter heads back to dock Friday, February 23, 2007. (David I. Andersen/The Plain Dealer)

February 01, 2015, 6:30AM

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History spent much of Saturday addressing the groundhog's alleged gift for predicting spring's arrival. TV meteorologists can breathe easier because the animal also known as a woodchuck or whistle pig does not have that talent. Legend holds that if the animals emerge from winter hibernation on Groundhog Day (Feb. 2) and see... Full story »

January 26, 2015, 4:50PM

Many of the animals at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo take the cold Cleveland winters in stride. A tiger chills in the snow. Photographed Monday, January 26, 2015. (Joshua Gunter/ Northeast Ohio Media Group)

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